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CompOSE Reference Manual

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2022-03-08 v1 Nuclear Theory

Abstract

CompOSE (CompStar Online Supernovae Equations of State) is an online repository of equations of state (EoS) for use in nuclear physics and astrophysics, e.g., in the description of compact stars or the simulation of core-collapse supernovae and neutron-star mergers, see http://compose.obspm.fr. The main services, offered via the website, are: a collection of data tables in a flexible and easily extendable data format for different EoS types and related physical quantities with extensive documentation and referencing; software for download to extract and to interpolate these data and to calculate additional quantities; webtools to generate EoS tables that are customized to the needs of the users and to illustrate dependencies of various EoS quantities in graphical form. This manual is an update of previous versions that are available on the CompOSE website, at arXiv:1307.5715 [astro-ph.SR], and that was originally published in the journal "Physics of Particles and Nuclei" with doi:10.1134/S1063779615040061. It contains a detailed description of the service, containing a general introduction as well as instructions for potential contributors and for users. Short versions of the manual for EoS users and providers will also be available as separate publications.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2203.03209,
  title  = {CompOSE Reference Manual},
  author = {S. Typel and M. Oertel and T. Klähn and D. Chatterjee and V. Dexheimer and C. Ishizuka and M. Mancini and J. Novak and H. Pais and C. Providencia and A. Raduta and M. Servillat and L. Tolos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.03209},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

91 pages, 20 tables. This manual is an update of arXiv:1307.571

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